Rep. Mike Jones, R-Andalusia, is sponsoring legislation that would change the process by which a minor can seek a waiver from a judge to get an abortion without parental permission.

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After more than six hours of debate, the Alabama House of Representatives passed a slate of four abortion bills backed by the Alabama Pro-Life Coalition, including one meant to challenge the legality of abortion.

Although all four bills generated controversy among lawmakers, the most hotly debated piece of legislation was the fetal heartbeat bill, which would ban abortion when the fetal heartbeat is detected at about six weeks.

The bill would make exceptions if the pregnancy endangers the woman's life or if the fetus has a lethal anomaly, meaning the child would be stillborn or die shortly ...